If a file name is provided, the error grid is saved under this name. The error at each grid node is an indication of the degree of confidence. This grid will contain the standard deviation of the Kriging process at each grid node. The resulting output grid will be within 2 standard deviations of the actual value 95% of the time, provided that the selected model (further down) is correct.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.ERR

If a variogram file is entered, it will be used and the variogram calculation will be skipped. If left blank the variogram is calculated according to the model and parameters provided hereafter.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.INVAR

If this is the first time through the variogram calculation or if you have changed the variogram model and/or parameters, provide the name of the file to save the variogram in.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.OUTVAR

The minimum and maximum X and Y coordinates of the grid.

• Leave this field blank to create a grid that covers the entire dataset.

• To grid a subset of the data, specify the bounds of the desired rectangular area.

• To default any value while preserving field order, use commas as placeholders.
  Example: ,#,#,# sets only Ymin, Xmax, and Ymax, with Xmin defaulting to its maximum extent plus the blanking distance.

If a blanking distance is not specified, the grid will extend to the data's maximum limits plus eight times the grid cell size.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.XY

Choose whether to grid the original data or its logarithmic (base 10) form. Gridding in log space can help reduce distortion in highly skewed data, such as geochemical measurements.

Available options:

• linear: Grid the data as-is.
• log, save as linear: Grid the base-10 log of the data (in logarithmic space). Any values below Log minimum are clipped at that threshold. The resulting grid is converted back to linear space before being saved to a grid file.
• log-linear, save as linear:
• Values above the positive Log minimum and below the negative Log minimum are gridded in logarithmic space.
• Negative values are temporarily sign-flipped to compute logs, then flipped back.
• Values outside the ± Log minimum range are converted back to linear space post-gridding and scaled to ensure boundary continuity.
• Values within the ± Log minimum range remain intact and are gridded linearly.
• Finally, the linear representation of the data (in both ranges) is saved to the grid file.
• log, save as log: Same as log, save as linear, but grid values are kept in log space - the gridded data is saved to the grid file in its logarithmic representation.
• log-linear, save as log: Same as log-linear, save as linear, but the grid values are not converted back from log space. The output grid remains in logarithmic space with large amplitude anomalies being somewhat moderated.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.LOGOPT
  linear: 0 (default)
  log, save as linear: -1
  log-linear, save as linear: -2
  log, save as log: 1
  log-linear, save as log: 2

When gridding in logarithmic space (see Log option above), this parameter sets the minimum threshold value. The default is 1.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.LOGMIN

The de-sampling factor is defined as a function of the grid cell size. Before any further calculations, all points within cells of dimension cell_size x desampling_factor are averaged into a single value and placed in the center of the cell.

The default desampling (desampling_factor) is set relative to the contributing points as:

Desampling has two impacts:

• Effectively it acts as a low-pass filter. The larger this parameter the smoother the output grid.

• Speeds up the variogram calculation when the input database is very large.

If the database contains less than 100000 contributing points, the default is set to 1, and the only pre-filtering consists of de-aliasing at the cell level.

The variogram calculation duration is a function of the square of the contributing points. Increasing this factor visibly cuts down the variogram calculation time while little impact is seen on the variogram curve.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.DSF

All grid cells farther than the blanking distance from a valid point will be set to dummies in the output grid.
The default blanking distance is calculated as:
Preferably this parameter should be set to just greater than the maximum distance through which interpolation is desired.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.BKD

If the data manifests a trend, you can remove it from the data prior to gridding.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.RT [Do not remove trend=0 (Default), Remove trend=1]

This selection specifies which of the next 4 parameters are necessary. Options are:

• User defined (requires input variogram)

• Power model using power n (n=0 for linear)

• Spherical model (requires nugget, range and sill)

• Gaussian model (requires nugget, range and sill)

• Exponential model (requires nugget, range and sill)

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.MODEL

This is the power for the power model. The default is 1. In this case, the nugget and slope are fit to the data by default if not specified.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.POWER

Range/Slope. For spherical, Gaussian and exponential models, the range is the distance at which the variogram model reaches the sill value. Beyond the range, the data is uncorrelated. The range must be entered for the spherical, Gaussian and exponential models. For the power model, this is the rate of climb, or slope for a linear model.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.RS

The nugget for all models. The nugget is the average error in each data point, and is indicated by the intersection of the variogram model with the h=0 axis. The default is 0.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.NUG

Sill. This is the level at which the variogram becomes uncorrelated, or goes flat. Beyond the (range, sill) point, the variogram is flat. The sill must be specified for the spherical, power and Gaussian models.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.SILL

For anisotropic gridding, enter the preferred strike direction angle, measured in degrees clockwise (0°-360°) from the Y axis. This parameter is used in conjunction with the strike weight, below.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.STRIKE

For anisotropic gridding, enter the weighting to be applied to data in the strike direction. The strike weight is the ratio of the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the weighting ellipse, with its major axis oriented in the strike direction. By default, this value is 1 and the medium is presumed to be isotropic.

Script Parameter: KRIGRID.STRIKEWT (Default: 1)